Humans had to carry out all their machining processes by hand for centuries. Even precision tools had to be maneuvered very carefully, inch by inch, by people holding the devices personally. That all ...

You don’t realize it, but you probably own several things that are CNC milled. I’m typing right now on a computer with a metal case made using the technique. But its creative possibilities are still ...

Nine sections of mechanical engineering freshmen built their own computer-controlled machines in the MakerSpace facility on North Campus last semester, creating whimsical devices that did everything ...

Local engineering students are building new projects with the help of advanced machines. Northern Arizona University Yuma ...

Examine a computer-controlled machine built in the last 20 years and you’ll note a common design practice. The machine’s real-time control functions, its vision system (if there is one), and its human ...

In some factories, computers called cell controllers provide coordination among individual workstations and computer-controlled machines. Their duties also may involve supervision of motion ...

When Asst. Teaching Prof. Jonathan Perez de Alderete took the Introduction to Mechanical Engineering course at UMass Lowell as an undergraduate student 13 years ago, he learned how to build a windmill ...

Software developed by Disney Research enables users to readily program industrial knitting machines, giving them the same flexibility to control the complex machine's output that already is ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a next-generation wearable system that enables people to ...

Forget scanning electron microscopes, high-speed centrifuges and computer-controlled telescopes — some of the coolest science tools ever made are totally analog, incredibly old and available for ...

We are fascinated by machines that can control cars, compose symphonies, or defeat people at chess, Go, or Jeopardy! While more progress is being made all the time in Artificial Intelligence (AI), ...